SOM Prize for Architecture, Design and Urban Design
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Amanda Hallberg is the recipient of the SOM Foundation’s 2007 SOM Prize. Read Ms. Hallberg's Submission Essay, including Travel Itinerary, and Final Report. |
SOM China Prize
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In March 2008, the SOM Foundation awarded two grants in the amount of $10,000 each for a 2007 and 2008 SOM China Prize, a traveling fellowship given to outstanding Chinese national students of architecture or urban design from an accredited architecture school in China. The 2007 was awarded to Wang Baozhen of Peking University Graduate School of Architecture (see 2008 Fellows for information about Wang Baozhen) and the 2007 prize was awarded to Haohao Zhu of Southeast University in Nanjing. The winners were selected because their entries demonstrated appropriate solutions of architecture and design based in traditional methodology. The recipient of the SOM Foundation’s 2007 China Prize for Architecture, Haohao Zhu, grew up in Qidong, a “country city” on the Yangtse River, opposite Shanghai. Haohao studied Architecture at Southeast University in Nanjing, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture in June 2004 and a Master's Degree in Architectural Design and Theory in June 2007. Following receipt of the SOM China Prize in 2007, Haohao enrolled at Harvard Graduate School of Design. At Harvard, he received a Master in Architecture (a post- professional degree) in May 2010. Upon graduation, he was recognized by the GSD with the “ Faculty Design Award” for 2010. Haohao’s Travel Research in connection with his China Prize was carried out during his summer break in 2009 while studying at Harvard. His travel took him to Rome to experience a city with many layers of history, which, as Haohao notes, "...meets the challenges from the conflicts between urban development and protection of its historical sites.” Haohao observed similarities between Rome and cities in China in terms of how historic cities balance protecting the old while embracing the forces of modernization. Read Mr. Zhu's final report. (7.3 mb PDF) |
